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whole are offered for sale, as announced in the advertising sheet of the pre- 

 sent number of the Cabinet. The present plant being shrubby, will grow to 

 a fine size, and thus bear a profusion of flowers, which will exhibit a splendid 

 object. 



Collinsia bicolor, Two-coloured Collinsia. A very handsome flowering an- 

 nual ; and if seeds be sown in autumn, the plants will bloom from April to 

 July ; if sown in spring, will bloom from July to October. We received 

 seeds of the plant last year, and succeeded in raising two plants. Like Col- 

 linsia grandiflora, the present kind blooms profusely. Our plants grow about 

 a foot high, but we judge it will grow higher than that height; this renders 

 the flowers conspicuous, and very showy. 



FLORICl LTURAL CALENDAR FOR APRIL. 



Cuttings. — If old plants of Salvias, Fuchsias, Petunias, &c. were saved 

 through winter, and young plants be required for turning out into open beds 

 in the flower garden, &c, young shoots should now be taken off close to their 

 origin upon the old wood, and be struck in moist heat. 



Annuals. — Hardy kinds should be sown in the borders, &c. (See Vol. I. 

 p. 43 of the Cabinet, where particular directions are given.) Tender kinds 

 should have plenty of air admitted to them, whether sown in pots or upon a 

 slight hot bed. (See Vol. 1 , page 42, of the Cabinet.) In order to have the 

 plants of some particular kinds stiff' and healthy, they should be planted off 

 into small pots, boxes, or the open border, or slight hot-bed, &c. so as to be 

 fine plants for final planting in May. Many kinds of tender annuals, in- 

 tended to ornament the greenhouse or stove through summer, will require 

 potting off, or if done before this month, probably re-potting into larger pots. 

 Auriculas — Will bloom this month ; they will require protection from 

 wet and mid-day sun. The plants will require a free supply of water; if 

 manure water be occasionally given, it will improve the size of the flowers; 

 care should be taken not to apply it over the plant. When the trusses of 

 flowers are formed, if there are more flowers upon each than can conveniently 

 expand, the small and centre ones should be cut out, so as to leave about 

 six. 



Campanula pyramidalis. — Offsets or cuttings should now be taken off, and 

 be treated as directed in Vol. 1, p. 48. 



Carnations. — If not planted off last month, they should now be done. 

 (See Vol. l,p. 23.) 



Dahlias. — Seedling plants should be potted off', one plant into a small or 

 sixty-sized pot. Shoots from old roots should be taken off, where it is desired 

 to increase the kind, and strike them in moist heat. 



China Rose. — Plants of the tender kinds, as yellow, sweet-scented, &c. 

 should now be placed in heat, in order to cause a production of shoots for 

 striking, so as to increase the kinds when desired. (See Vol. 1, p. 48.) 



China Rose (hardy kinds.) — It is now the proper time to bud the varieties 

 of China Roses ; do it as soon as the bark will freely rise. 



Triverania coccinea. — Roots of this plant should now be potted. (See 

 Vol. 1, p. 177 and 223; articles on the culture, &c. are there given.) 



Pelargoniums. — Cuttings now struck will produce plants to bloom at the 

 end of summer. (See Vol. 1, p. 88.) 



Pansies. — Plants will now be pushing shoots that will be emitting roots. 

 Where it is wished to increase the kinds, it is a very suitable time for doing 

 it, by taking off' shoots, and planting them in a good rich soil, shading them 

 for a few days at first. 



Polyanthuses. — (See Vol 1, pages 23 and 131.) 



Tigridia pavonia. — The bulbs should now be planted in the open bed; 

 choose a warm and sheltered situation. 



Ericas (Heaths.) — Cuttings of many of the greenhouse kinds should now 

 be put off. (See Vol. 1. p. 18.) 



Mignionette — To bloom from June should now be sown. 

 Rose Trees. — When it is desired to have Roses late in the season, let 

 them be pruned this month. (See Article in Vol. I, pages 23 and 206.) 



